Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-29
TIE RAILROAD o
Land 0faat BailrooAo-
uoFthern Pacific MOws-The Domlnion
oevernmsnt win Prevent the Bulldog
Of the ned River Road

Northsrn Pacific News-Ths DomIaioa
oevernmsnt VIII Prevent the Buildins
Of the Red River Road.
40 TO LAND RAJ
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The Secretary 0i
the Interior has received an answer from
all land grant railroads named in his rule
dated May 23d, requiring them to show
cause Why several orders OF withdrawal
from settlement OF lands within their in
demnity limits should not be revoked and
lands embraced therein restored to settle
msnt. The Atlantic 4 Pacific Company
claims it has not Jailed to give ample no.
tice Of it's indemnity rights, and claims no.
tice heretofore given already shows that by
past and present selection of alllands with
in ito available indemnity limit grant as
earned tits deficient more than one million
acres, and that the contract between
tie d Pacific Company should be
seriously violated il with knowledge OF
these facts any recoveration OF existing
indemnity withdrawal is made or other
action taken tending to defect, impair or
cloud rights OF company therein. That
delay in selection has arisen from failure
OF the United States to make a survey of
granted and indemnity lands, to ascertain
and settle boundages Of pending small land
claims with such certainty that precise
acreage Of loss therein can be determined to
permit settlers
PRIOR IN TIME TO THE
grant to make known their claims by
proper description and finally by it's AFR
native acts in creating Indian and other
reservations within the railway grant, en-
lareing others heretofore created. and it's re-
fusal to permit surveys to be made on com
pany's deposit OF cost thereof. notwith-
standing these difficulties the company
states, it has done all things possible to
identity it's losses, make it's selections and
submits that neither in law. equity |
or good conscience should existing
withdraw val be rescinded. The Oregon & Cal
fornia Railroad Company, in it's answer, |
represents that whole numbers OF odd Sec
tions contained within indemnity limits OF
it's grant will fall by 2S2. 900 acres short
OF compromising it for it's lands lost in
this place. and as a larger portion OF these
lands have never been surveyed, go as to |
render it possible for the company to |
make a selection OF such lien land, |
It submits that it would be manifest |
injustice il existing orders OF withdrawal
should o be revoked. |
PACIFIC NOTES.
GARRISON, June 27.-[Special Core
spondence OF The Miner. ]-Traffc ia boom.
ing on the Northern Pacific just now.
Passenger trains are making good time.
Six or seven freight trains are passing Gar
rison daily. headed each way. They have
had copociu11u hard 1ncE On thu pon1ru l
Mountain division this winter and spring,
and il it were not Tor Superintendent Gil.
bert's p~raiseworthy supervision and
prompt action in all emergencies, it could
hardly have held it's own against so much
misfortune.
Shippers may now feel secure that their
freight will be delivered promptly, and I
think it would be unreasonable not to
give the Northern Pacific the same fair
showing as heretofore; for they should re-
member that washouts and blockades are
the freaks of nature, and no vigilance or
safeguard can altogether prevent them. l.
Work on the tunnel is progressing very
and it is open now wide enough !
to admit the passage of a hand car. i
The old ~"shOo-fy," az We used to call the
over the hill, is well worthy of .
a visit. indeed | would recommend all who
have a little leisure time to take a trip to :
Helena Just Co go over 1t, None can realize +,
who have not already passed over it, the /,
OF the scenery seen from such a :
height. or the exhilarating effect it has on =
one. Just think OF passing over the very :
OF the Rockies in a comfortable re- !
seat, and with the most absolute !.
for every possible danger and emer- :
gency is we'll provided for, and the most :
maid has not the remotest cause to I.
alarmed when she looks down from the :
height and realizes how exalted she is. y
I'LL DEFEAT THE SCHEME.
OTTAWA. June 27.-The action OF the
OF Manitoba on the proposed j,
River railroad is beginning to attract u
attention. A prominent Manitoban now .
lere states that the Dominion Government I
viii prevent the construction OF the road a
It All hazards. l.,